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The Air National Guard disciplines 15 members in wake of Discord intel leak

The Air Force says it's disciplining 15 members following it's investigation of Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman accused of classified leaks online.
Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021 on her Facebook page.

In the summer of 2022, Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, just 20 and working as a cyber apprentice for an Air Intelligence Wing at base on Cape Cod, was seen viewing some of the government's most secret information: details about U.S. spy satellites, phone intercepts of Russian generals, North Korean drones.

A month later, he again was not only reading it but scribbling something on a Post-It note. On at least four occasions, lasting into January of 2023, Teixeira continued what call "questionable activity."

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